Native American theater is considered the true primary form of pure American theater. As the first people to live in America this representative theater encompasses many different parts of their ways of life, beliefs, ideas, and priorities. There was not just one tribe of people that lived here and therefore this form of theater cannot describe just one people. North America was richly populated by many different tribes all of which spoke different languages, practiced different rituals, lived in different areas, believed different beliefs, and lived differently from one another over all. These differences have all added to a rich theater and drama culture called "Native American Theater." Arguably one of the richest forms of theater because of its vast diversifying voices this theater style encompasses their truly ritualistically rich culture of tribe and family. This form of theater tends to be ceremonial in movement and word whether outwardly so or subliminally throughout the context of the play. These forms of movement and word are passed down from family and family and from generation to generation. Though Native American drama and theater has faced immense hardships, with the age of white colonial conquest and then shortly thereafter with the forced mass movement onto reservation lands, it continues to thrive and build itself up so much so that it is known as a big leader in the Drama community in supporting diversity!